MELISSA BEIGHT
Board Director | Development Committee | WIN Awards Chair
Senior Associate, Altai Ventures
Melissa is a Senior Associate at Altai Ventures, where she works across all aspects of the firm, including: investing, incubating, and portfolio company support. Prior to joining Altai Ventures, Melissa spent 5+ years in innovation roles and 4 years in sales. Melissa was a Senior Manager at Vivaldi, a business transformation firm, where she managed B2B and B2C clients and led programs across GTM transformation, business strategy, and product strategy. She also worked with early-stage startups to define their MVP, refine their pitch decks, and identify the next evolution of their platform. Prior to Vivaldi, she led user research, UX, product strategy, and design thinking/innovation at Motivate Design.
Throughout her career, she has worked with clients across multiple industries, with a heavy focus in financial services and technology, including: First Republic Bank, Capital One, Current, Commonwealth, Cox Automotive, and CapIntel.
She sits on the Board of Directors of Women in Innovation, where she served as the Head of Development for 4 years. During her time at WIN, she co-founded and launched the Women in Innovation Awards (WIN’s flagship program), built recruitment processes, managed the fellows program, hired and onboarded WIN’s first full time employee, launched Raise to Rise (WIN’s first individual giving campaign), built and managed the development team, and closed numerous sponsorships for the organization. She is also a member of Global Women in VC.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Parsons School of Design, where she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Strategic Design and Management.